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DATfest
One week on- Reflections on DATfest

What a fantastic weekend. This post may sound like an acceptance speech and yet we have to thank our very good friends B-Arts for their partnership in planning and running DATfest. Also a big thank you to Stoke your fires, Stoke City Council, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery as well as City central library and [...]

bITjAM update pre #DATfest and pre Transmission radio

Well we’re busy around bITjAM towers with last minute prep for DATfest. The site is looking neat, workshops and events in order and caffeine supplies aplenty. We’re getting images and videos sent in for the #mediafail and even a bag of audio cassettes (??!!) for recycling, please send then through ready for the live mashups! [...]

DATfest #mediafail- how to send your recyclable media to bITjAM

Ok, we’re now starting to collect your videos and photos ready to be recycled during DATfest 25th-27th February 2011. #mediafail is the name of the bITjAM project running during the weekend festival. We are asking people to send us videos, photos even audio that would normally get deleted due to being out of focus or [...]

DATfest #datmediafail

Before you delete unwanted video recordings or photos from your camera please consider donating them to our DAT festival #mediafail project. We are collecting failed pieces of media and recycling them in 2 worskshops before a one off live performance as part of DATfest. Sending media files to us is EASY! Just click this link, [...]

DATfest tweets

Here are the first few tweets collectively shaping the digital festival planned for early 2011.

Early preparation for DATfest

After a fab public meeting for the first digital media festival in Stoke-on-Trent we’ve got our offer ready for the bITjAM part of the programme. We are going to ‘recycle’ unwanted audio and video clips submitted by the public. This recycling will include collecting the clips and mashing them in a live performance. The idea [...]